The Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC) is not only the largest landfill in the state of Rhode Island; it’s also the only one. In earlier days, each city and town in the state had its own landfill operation. These multiple facilities tended to be inefficient, inconsistent and duplicative, besides resulting in a plethora of unbeautiful garbage dumps around the state. So the ...
Border patrol: gulls vs. garbage. Delaney, Business Writer The Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC) is not only the largest landfill in the state of Rhode Island; it’s also the only one. In earlier days, each city and town in the state had its own landfill operation. These multiple facilities tended to be inefficient, inconsistent and duplicative, besides resulting in a ...
Their Challenge Butler County, which purchases water wholesale to provide drinking water to its population of 100,000, faced three problems. 1. Extreme pressure drops at a pressure reducing and metering facility, resulting in severe cavitation damage and extreme noise to two valves. 2. The inability to sequence the two valves. 3. The inability to accurately control levels in two remote storage ...
Post-treatment Aeration Maintains Dissolved Oxygen in Effluent High-Solids Wastewater Prior to River Discharge. Butler County, OH The Problem: The LeSourdsville WWTP in Butler County, Ohio, was required to meet their NPDES permit requirement of 6 mg/l dissolved oxygen at the plants Miami River outfall. During normal operation the dissolved oxygen increase is accomplished in a cascade basin. ...
The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) today reported its 23 member companies which employ over 900,000 people recorded 60 fatalities across the globe in 2015 with five members recording zero fatalities for the year. ICMM CEO Tom Butler said, “Nothing is more important to us than people’s health and safety and ICMM’s ambition is to have no fatalities in the ...
Although steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) technology is an effective thermal recovery process for heavy oil reservoirs, it consumes a mountain of natural gas and produces tons of greenhouse gas. Therefore, it is of great importance to predict the production performance during production period. In this paper, we extend Reis's research (Reis, 1992) to calculate SAGD production performance in ...
It has taken seven years to get to this point, but Transport Canada says by this time next year, companies will be bidding to build a new bridge linking the cities of Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan. In between now and then, a lot of preliminary work is needed. The project involves four levels of government: the government of Ontario and the federal government, the U.S. government and the ...
Over the last years, biology techniques have considerably evolved, whether it be with mass spectrometry protein analysis or multiplex protein analysis and nucleic acids with qPCR, or sequencing… All those techniques have reached sensitivity levels never reached before. In parallel to increased sensitivity, cost per point has become lower for all laboratories, broadening the possibilities ...
This is the ninth issue of TOURISMOS, starting its fifth year of publication (volume five). In the previous eight issues, our multidisciplinary journal aimed at justifying the rationale behind introducing yet another journal in tourism academic studies. Capitalising on this effort, we now focus on furthering our scope and consolidating our position in both conceptual developments and practical ...
It's my senior year in high school, and I'm pitching the biggest game of my life. We're in the district finals, winning 5-0, and I'm throwing a shutout. It's the bottom of the 6th inning (in high school ball, you only play 7) and I've managed to get myself into a jam. I've loaded the bases with zero outs. I'm clearly rattled, and I've lost command of my pitches. After calling for time, I motion ...
Address: Cloonamahon, Collooney, Co. Sligo Client: North Western Health Board Engineer/Client Contact Details: Jennings O'Donovan & Partners, Finisklin, Sligo David Kiely, Ph: 071 9161416 Completion Date: March 2001 Population Equivalent: 400 P.E. Value: € 138,392 + Vat BMS Design Details: BMS designed and manufactured the entire treatment system to the consultants final effluent ...
Tinnitus Awareness week is an annual event organised by the charity The British Tinnitus Association to raise the awareness of the condition. This year will be the 10th Anniversary of Tinnitus Awareness Week and will focus on the theme of Prevention which, as a company that promotes noise control and noise monitoring in the workplace, we are delighted to support. What is Tinnitus? You may be ...